Rockmond Dunbar Sues Disney, 20th Television Over '9-1-1' Vaccine Exit

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Rockmond is accusing the studios of discriminating against him based on his race and religion

-- A rep for 20th Television tells TMZ,"To ensure safe working environments at our productions we have implemented a mandatory vaccination confirmation process. While we will not comment on any one individual, each request for exemption is given a thorough review and we grant accommodations consistent with our legal obligations. There are no differences in our process or decision-making based on an employee’s race.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Rockmond claims he was the only Black male lead actor on the TV show andIn the docs, Rockmond claims he submitted paperwork seeking both a religious and medical exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine, and says producers assured him they wanted him to remain on the show and his schedule would be adjusted to accommodate him being unvaccinated.

But Rockmond claims that never happened either ... in his suit, he says Disney and 20th Television fired him in retaliation and refused to pay him the hundreds of thousands of dollars he says he's still owed. What's more, Rockmond claims the studios not only refused to accommodate his vaccine exemption requests, but also deliberately made it sound like he was an anti-vaxxer ... and he says he essentially became persona non grata in Hollywood.

Rockmond's going after the studios for money, and he wants an injunction barring the studios from discriminating against anyone based on race or religion when it comes to vaccination policies.Originally Published -- 9:11 AM PT

 

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Let's face it. Of course it's not racial. There's no such thing as a 'religious exemption' unless you're a Jehovah's Witness.

That’s Jussie’s move!

Angela Bassett,Aisha Hinds,Marcanthonee Reid, Corinne Massiah, Traci Thoms, La Monde Bird…..enough said

SavedYouAClick

I thought that was suge Knight at first

What are the chances someone had a legitimate religious and medical reason to be unvaccinated? 1 in 100,000,000?

Good for him 👏

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